I remember the days of custom launchers on Android. Truly futuristic single-finger optimised interfaces that are long since dead.
My favourite was a “pie” launcher that would spawn wherever pressed in an anime/minority report futurism style. It was incredibly easy to use.
But, instead everyone settled on the rows or icons launchers and widgets. Very boring.
I feel like iPadOS could have tried to push the envelope a bit but they wanted mass market appeal, and nothing is simpler than pushing a big icon I guess. :shrug:
My favourite was a “pie” launcher that would spawn wherever pressed in an anime/minority report futurism style. It was incredibly easy to use.
But, instead everyone settled on the rows or icons launchers and widgets. Very boring.
I feel like iPadOS could have tried to push the envelope a bit but they wanted mass market appeal, and nothing is simpler than pushing a big icon I guess. :shrug: